NBA star Nick Young is being sued by a woman who claims he raped her, but law enforcement sources tell TMZ … when she went to cops with the allegations, they dismissed them as bogus

LAPD cops who dismissed her claim because her story didn’t make sense. What’s more … law enforcement says at the time she went to cops, she was already talking about a lawsuit, and that made them even more suspicious.

We’re told the woman subsequently made financial demands on Nick — to either pay up or face a lawsuit.

If this woman is lying as it appears she is, it just makes it that much harder for women who are truly sexually assaulted.

This just doesn’t go for athletes, but for all men, be very careful about the women you deal with.